# Counties in Ohio by job destruction rate, 2023

All 88 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs lost at closing and shrinking establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/ohio-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Crawford County | 22.623 |
| 2 | Morrow County | 22.245 |
| 3 | Morgan County | 19.34 |
| 4 | Brown County | 17.872 |
| 5 | Jefferson County | 17.516 |
| 6 | Lawrence County | 17.369 |
| 7 | Delaware County | 14.866 |
| 8 | Paulding County | 14.115 |
| 9 | Summit County | 13.587 |
| 10 | Ashland County | 13.462 |
| 11 | Pickaway County | 13.239 |
| 12 | Defiance County | 13.183 |
| 13 | Guernsey County | 12.83 |
| 14 | Henry County | 12.695 |
| 15 | Belmont County | 12.247 |
| 16 | Wyandot County | 12.207 |
| 17 | Mahoning County | 12.006 |
| 18 | Franklin County | 11.702 |
| 19 | Shelby County | 11.692 |
| 20 | Harrison County | 11.636 |
| 21 | Wood County | 11.505 |
| 22 | Athens County | 11.504 |
| 23 | Seneca County | 11.483 |
| 24 | Knox County | 11.348 |
| 25 | Clinton County | 11.276 |
| 26 | Trumbull County | 11.232 |
| 27 | Meigs County | 11.203 |
| 28 | Richland County | 11.134 |
| 29 | Lorain County | 11.003 |
| 30 | Stark County | 10.973 |
| 31 | Miami County | 10.87 |
| 32 | Sandusky County | 10.79 |
| 33 | Fayette County | 10.762 |
| 34 | Lake County | 10.714 |
| 35 | Marion County | 10.5 |
| 36 | Ashtabula County | 10.362 |
| 37 | Columbiana County | 10.343 |
| 38 | Butler County | 10.309 |
| 39 | Geauga County | 10.288 |
| 40 | Pike County | 10.256 |
| 41 | Wayne County | 10.224 |
| 42 | Greene County | 10.171 |
| 43 | Medina County | 10.153 |
| 44 | Adams County | 10.114 |
| 45 | Hocking County | 10.081 |
| 46 | Lucas County | 10.068 |
| 47 | Preble County | 9.927 |
| 48 | Cuyahoga County | 9.885 |
| 49 | Scioto County | 9.819 |
| 50 | Fulton County | 9.679 |
| 51 | Coshocton County | 9.638 |
| 52 | Ottawa County | 9.515 |
| 53 | Clark County | 9.501 |
| 54 | Fairfield County | 9.365 |
| 55 | Warren County | 9.359 |
| 56 | Noble County | 9.338 |
| 57 | Montgomery County | 9.333 |
| 58 | Hamilton County | 9.239 |
| 59 | Hancock County | 9.13 |
| 60 | Perry County | 9.103 |
| 61 | Erie County | 9.045 |
| 62 | Hardin County | 8.961 |
| 63 | Champaign County | 8.929 |
| 64 | Holmes County | 8.827 |
| 65 | Clermont County | 8.798 |
| 66 | Licking County | 8.794 |
| 67 | Tuscarawas County | 8.649 |
| 68 | Monroe County | 8.624 |
| 69 | Washington County | 8.579 |
| 70 | Putnam County | 8.497 |
| 71 | Carroll County | 8.477 |
| 72 | Allen County | 8.364 |
| 73 | Portage County | 8.349 |
| 74 | Mercer County | 7.976 |
| 75 | Gallia County | 7.891 |
| 76 | Darke County | 7.614 |
| 77 | Ross County | 7.478 |
| 78 | Jackson County | 7.314 |
| 79 | Muskingum County | 7.305 |
| 80 | Huron County | 7.289 |
| 81 | Highland County | 7.271 |
| 82 | Vinton County | 7.262 |
| 83 | Williams County | 7.2 |
| 84 | Logan County | 6.942 |
| 85 | Van Wert County | 6.372 |
| 86 | Auglaize County | 6.282 |
| 87 | Union County | 6.244 |
| 88 | Madison County | 4.732 |